Alarm for pocketbooks, etc.



' Aug. 2l, 1923.

3,465,466 G. M; EDWARDS ALARM FOR POCKETBOOKS, ETC

Filed sept. 14, 1922 @thune/1;

Patente Ang. 21, 1923,

attra si GLADYS M. EDWARDS, OF SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA.

ALARM non PocKnrBooKs, nrc.

. Application filedv September 14, 1922. Serial No. 588,199.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GLanYs M. EDWARDS, a citizen'of the United States, residing at Sacramento, in the county of Sacramento, State of California, have invented certain. new and useful Improvements in Alarms for Pocketbooks, Etc.; and I do hereby declarerthe following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invent-ion relates to new and useful improvements in alarms, and particularly to alarms for use on pocket-books, handbags, suit-cases, and the like, to apprise the owner of the fact that the same is being opened by an unauthorized person.

One object of the invention is t provide a device of this character which is so constructed and arranged that when the receptacle is opened to a small degree, a bell will be sounded a number of times, in rapid succession, thus notifying the owner of the attempted theft.

Another object is to provide an alarm device of this character which is; simple in construction, effective in its Operation, and which. is compact in form, to occupy the minimum amount of Vspace within the receptacle.

' Other objects and advantages will be apparent from the following description when taken in connection with the accompanying drawing.

In' the drawing:

Figure 1 is a vertical transverse sectional view through the closure portion of -a handbag, showing the invention applied thereto, Vthe hand-bag being partly open. Y

Figure 2 is an enlarged vertical sectional view on the line 2-2 of Figure 1, taken immediately inward of the bell.

Figure 3 is a horizontal sectional View on the line 3-3 of Figure 2, showing the motor spring which has the clapper actuating knobs.

Referring particularly to the accompanying drawing, and 11 represent the closure portions of the hand-bag 12, on which the .parts of the present invention are mounted.

Secured to the portion 10, of the closure, is a'leaf spring 13, which extends along the edgeV of the portion and is provided with a knob 14, on its free end, said spring and knob constituting the striker or clapper of the alarm. Secured adjacent the striker is a plate 15, and mounted on this plate, and extending inwardly in a direction toward the other portion 11, of the closure, is a shaft 16, and fixed on the outer end of the shaft is the bell 17, against which the clapper is adapted to strike. Rotatably supported in the platel is a second shaft 18, one end of which isA angular in cross section, and projects through a small opening 19, Vin the side of the hand-bag, for application of la key. TWound on the shaft 18, with one end secured thereto, is a motor spring 20, the other end of which is unattached and formed with a plurality of projections or knobs 21. On the shaft 18 are the upper and lower disks 22 and 28, the latter having notches 24 in its periphery for engagement by the pivoted pawls 25, mounted on theplate 15, and by means of which pawl the disk is held against rotation, so that the spring 2O may be properly wound up. On the plate near the shaft 18, and extending radially therefrom, is an arm26, and secured at one end to this arm, and at its other end to the spring clapper arm 13, is a. coil spring 27. This arm 26 is arranged in the path of the knobs 21, of the motor spring 20, so that as the spring unwinds, when the detent or pawl is released from the notches, the knobs will strike the arm, in quick succession, causing the clapper arm to be drawn an equal number of times, into contact with the bell. Thus the bell will be sounded a number of times in quick succession. This takes place when the motor! spring 20 has been wound up. Should the said spring not be wound up, the clapper will strike the bell once. This latter vis accomplished by the projection 28, carried by the side or portion 11` of the closure, when the closure is moved toward open position. This is more clearly explained in my prior Patent 1,266,568, issued May 21, 1918.

It will thus be seen that should a person attempt to rob a gersons pocket-book, the owner would instantly be warned by the sounding of the bell, at the instant that the closure of the pocket-book were opened to a very small degree, and before the hand of the thief could be placed inside of the pocket-book.

What is claimed is:

1. The combination with the frame of a pocket-book, of an alarm including a bell mounted on the frame and having a striker,

means, on the frame engaged With the striker and operable upon opening,` Athe Vpocket-book for actuating the striker td strike the bell once,l and means for actuating the striker a number of times 1n succession,

means for releasing` the second actuatingY means upon further openingof the pocketbook to permit said second means to aetuate the striker.

' 2. The Combination with a pocket-bool: frame, of an alarm Comprising a bell mounted on the rame,a striker onthe frame Vfor enum-ement with the belL means on the e, a: I frame engaged with the striker and opel1- Y able upon opening` the pocketbook oaetuating the striker once, a second means on the frame operatively Connected withA the striker, and motor for actuating tlie second means to reciprocate the striker a numbei` of 20 times in succession.

Y 3. TheV combination with a pocket-book frame, of an alarmV Comprising a bell mounted on the frame, a striker mounted on the frame and arrangedto engage AWith the bell, a motoi1 spring aseociated with tbe striker and having a plurality of projections adjaeentone end, means on tbe frame and GEO. E. ANDREWS, L. H, Gum-im. 

